Heels’ Hicks breaks out of ‘funk,’ flourishes on senior night

Posted Mar 5, 2017
In the final home game of his career, North Carolina’s Isaiah Hicks had the sort of game he expected to put up many times during his senior year. Repeated foul trouble and a left hamstring injury have kept that from happening often enough this season. He would not be denied on Saturday night, though, while becoming the 76th Tar Heel to reach 1,000 career points. (Raleigh & Company)

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